Ten of the more than 50 participants in the 2nd International PIC\/Monster Point Break Open wowed the crowd and judges with their moves at the Pacific Islands flowrider facility in San Antonio Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Leading the list was Saipan\u2019s multi-sports athlete Andrew Johnson, who topped the Grommet (11-and-under) division of the tournament, which showcased the participants\u2019 creativity, variety, and difficulty of movements, speed, style, and poise using a bodyboard while maneuvering their way into machine-operated waves.<\/p>\n
Johnson drew 32.9 points from the panel of five judges to finish ahead of Rion Nawata, who scored only 32.5 points.<\/p>\n
In the centerpiece men\u2019 open division, Gerald Domingo defended his title after beating Korea\u2019s Yoon Seung Hyun and Japan\u2019s Keoni Ichihara. <\/p>\n
Domingo, who was seeded third in the tournament after Friday\u2019s qualifying event, collected 9.2 points to prevail against Hyun (8.95) and Ichihara (8.75).<\/p>\n
In the men\u2019s and women\u2019s open divisions, participants were graded from 0 to 10 with 10 as the highest. Each participant was given 45 seconds to one minute to execute their moves.<\/p>\n
Domingo earned the $500 top purse for ruling the men\u2019s open.<\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s division, fourth-ranked Park Hwa Young of Korea pulled off an upset over her higher-seeded foes.<\/p>\n
Young scored 8.97 points to down first-picked Ko Hyun Mi (8.85) and second-ranked Cho Hyun Ji (8.4). Young won a 5-day\/4-night stay for two at PIC-Saipan for winning the women\u2019s Open title.<\/p>\n
The kids division, which featured flowriders in the 12-17 age group, was also a neck-and-neck battle between Hayato Nogami and Reon Nawat with the former prevailing after getting 33.17 points. Nawat had 31.43 points.<\/p>\n
A total of 54 flowriders participated in the second edition of the annual tournament and many of them flew in from Japan and Korea just to compete in the event.<\/p>\n
PIC, through tournament coordinator Glenn Francis Policare, thanked the following for making the event possible: Monster Energy Drink, Pepsi, Gatorade, BSEA Sunsports, Quiksilver, Tony Roma\u2019s, Capricciosa, Hollywood Theaters, Hard Rock Caf\u00e9-Saipan, Boarderline, Hyatt Regency Saipan, Saipan Sunset Cruises, Blockbuster Video, and Elite Printing.<\/p>\n
Policare assured participants that the Point Break tournament will return next year and will be played on Sept. 25 and 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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